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\ REVIEW OF THE WAR NEWS Tire mighty Russian armies crash op with undiminished strength and. particularly in the Smolensk and Don Basin areas have made tremendous territorial gains. The German defence lines were known to have been very powerful but they have been breached to such effect that continued withdrawals of the Germans has been made necessary. Enemy radio reports speak ol Allied landings in Italy,. Possibly some commando raids have . been carried ou+ but no major landings liav© yet been attempted. Wewak Las suffered another tremendous hammering, and in addition to destroying enemy aircraft on tin* ground, the Allied bombers have forced the Japanese to withdraw I'.iem their forward bases. Berlin was the target of R.A.F. i aids by a strong force of heavy bombers but the results are as yet unknown.
Germany has ruthlessly suppressed the Danish uprisings and. although they now have a strong grip on th© Danes, the enemy will have to contend with similar disturbances a - soon as an Allied invasion begins Many Da-nos were, able to. reach Sweden in all kinds of light craft, even to canoes.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXII, Issue 15443, 2 September 1943, Page 3
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